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bookedbymadeline's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Body horror, and Gore
Minor: Alcoholism and Miscarriage
courtofcatsandcoffee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
▫️trope: ghost town, documentary crew
▫️format: audio
↠ Well-written but SO SLOW
↠ Liked the concept as the story unraveled, but I wasn’t scared as promised
↠ Flashbacks to the past were creepy and the best parts of the book
↠ If you liked 𝙈𝙞𝙙𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙨 on Netflix this is for you
↠ If you make it to 57% it gets wild
↠ Great voice actress for the audio!
↠ I added a 1/4 star because I was having trouble focusing at this time and think I could appreciate the details more with a more engaged mind
Moderate: Gore, Violence, and Sexual content
dylpickles's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Violence
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Vomit
Brain washingspacecadelliot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence
Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Genocide, Medical content, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt
bookishgoob's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Violence
laura_watiklees's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death and Gore
Minor: Rape and Alcoholism
madarauchiha's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
It's a passable horror story. It's not so much supernatural horror as it is religious and human horror. It's definitely tense, with some scary parts. There's more gore-horror than scary-horror, if that makes sense. I felt like it could have used more paranoia inducing stalking / hunting scenes. Otherwise it was pretty satisfactory. The ending was solid and answered every question posed. Despite the content warnings, this isn't too tortureporn-y. The writing and translation was clear and enjoying too.
Content warnings.
minor alcohol use, alcoholism, asphyxiation, blood, bone fractures, cancer, child abuse, confinement, death, emetophobia, infertility, jonestown massacre, mass suicide, miscarriage, murder, pedophilia, pregnancy, rape, self harm, sexual violence, smoking tobacco, suicide ideation, whorephobic language [used twice]
medium ableism towards person with autism, child abuse, childbirth, cults, emetophobia, medical content, mental illness, pregnancy, psychosis, sexual assault, suicide, suicide attempt
major ableism, arson? / explosions, cults, death, gore, murder, religion catholicism
Graphic: Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Gore, and Murder
Moderate: Ableism, Abandonment, Medical content, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Vomit, Infertility, Suicide, Miscarriage, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts
creepycrawlybookworm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
There was also a good mix of creepiness and suspense amongst the characters themselves, as well as in the town, and it worked well alongside the group dynamic and documentary parts of the story.
Graphic: Murder, Gore, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, and Torture
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Blood, and Ableism
Minor: Cursing
rachelunabridged's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
i was also disappointed by
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Pregnancy
Minor: Rape and Vomit
lanidon's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence